Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

निर्वेक्ष्यामि सुखान्येव राज्ये निहतकंटके । इति निश्चित्य दुर्बुद्धिः पुनश्चिंतितवान्मुने

Transliteration

nirvekṣyāmi sukhānyeva rājye nihatakaṃṭake | iti niścitya durbuddhiḥ punaściṃtitavānmune

Translation

कंटक (विघ्न) नष्ट झालेल्या राज्यात मी फक्त सुखच उपभोगीन. असा निश्चय करून, हे मुने, त्या दुर्बुद्धीने पुन्हा विचार केला.

Word by Word

• निर्वेक्ष्यामि: I will look upon / enjoy (lit. behold)
• निर्वेक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (ईक्ष्) with nir- (निर् + ईक्ष्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त

• सुखानि: pleasures, comforts
• सुखानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Prayojaka-bhāva (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निहतकण्टके: free of thorns/obstacles
• निहतकण्टके: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of rājye)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nihata-kaṇṭaka (प्रातिपदिक; nihata (√han हन् + नि + क्त) + kaṇṭaka)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (removed-thorns = free of obstacles)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• निश्चित्य: having decided
• निश्चित्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: niścitya (कृदन्त; √ci (चि) with nis- + ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): having ascertained/decided

• दुर्बुद्धिः: the evil-minded one
• दुर्बुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dur-buddhi (प्रातिपदिक; dur + buddhi)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (evil-minded person)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिसूचक (again)

• चिन्तितवान्: thought
• चिन्तितवान्: Kriyā (Finite sense via participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cintitavat (कृदन्त; √cint (चिन्त्) + क्तवतुँ)
• Form: क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकालिक कर्तरि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परोक्षभूतार्थे (has thought)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya inferred; addressing “muni” in the telling)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ruler-aspirant in a dim chamber, pacing and plotting; outside, a ‘thornless’ garden appears unreal, while shadows of consequences gather.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking comfort by destroying rightful restraints is condemned as misguided; true peace arises from dharma, not coercion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered purāṇic context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.